The opening night of the 2024 racing season at Jackson Motorplex is this Friday with the Livewire Printing Company 360 Shootout presented by Tweeter Contracting. A pair of winged sprint car divisions fill the program with the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 sprint cars and the WyffelsContinue Reading
Austin Butler and Jodie Comer, who star in the upcoming film “The Bikeriders,” will serve as honorary starters for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, waving the green flag Sunday, May 26 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “Austin and Jodie star in a movie focused on twoContinue Reading
Racing is filled with highs and lows. There is the elation of winning, and the dejection that comes on a night derailed by incidents resulting in battered, damaged racecars. Brothers Drew Dawson, Justin Dawson and Jared Dawson of Nathalie, Virginia, their Dawson Motorsports team, and family members experienced those andContinue Reading
With rousing pre-race tributes, enlistment ceremonies and awe-inspiring aerial demonstrations, the Coca-Cola 600 is about more than racing, as drivers, teams and fans take in the crown jewel event at the iconic Charlotte Motor Speedway. In addition to serving as one of NASCAR’s premiere races, the Coca-Cola 600 honors andContinue Reading
One of the most anticipated events of the year is just two weeks away as Virginia Motor Speedway will host the 3rd Annual Mark Batten Memorial, Saturday June 1st. The stars and cars of the Steel Block Bandits Dirt Late Model Challenge Series and Modified Mafia Series will invade VirginiaContinue Reading
Evergreen Raceway is confident the third time will be the charm in trying to get the 2024 season of weekly racing underway. Twice now (May 5 & 10) rain has dampened the scheduled race events planned for those days. With those attempts well in the rear view mirror all focusContinue Reading
The first of four multiple-day events at Huset’s Speedway this season is on tap with racing this Sunday and Monday for the Metro Construction Memorial Day Doubleheader presented by DKW Transport. The Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver SprintContinue Reading
NASCAR’s best will descend upon Charlotte Motor Speedway this Memorial Day Weekend for the historic 65th running of the Coca-Cola 600, but there’s more than just on-track thrills in store this Friday through Sunday. As race fans gear up for the ultimate test of man and machine, here’s a lookContinue Reading
If two or three drivers could hang with Joey Logano in Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, there were none who could out-run him. Logano started Sunday’s 200-lap race from the pole and withstood challenges from Chris Buescher, Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin en route to his first NASCAR CupContinue Reading
A day’s wait was well worth it for Corey Heim on Sunday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Heim led a race-high 66 laps in winning Sunday’s second act of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series’ Wright Brand 250, which was postponed after 81 laps on Saturday due to rain. Heim held offContinue Reading